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Thursday - 5.15.2008
Our comrade Don Kaye was at Metallica's show last night in LA at the Wiltern Theater. It was part of the benefit for Flea's Silver Lake Music Conservatory organization. The show kicked off with Scars on Broadway opening, the new band of Daron Malakian and John Dolmayan of System of a Down. Then Metallica took the stage. They opened the set with "Creeping Death", played all their greatest heavy hitters like "For Whom The Bell Tolls," "Welcome Home," "Sad But True," "Master of Puppets," "One," Battery," "Enter Sandman," "Seek and Destroy" and "Fight Fire with Fire," which Flea joined them on stage for. The set looked sick! Two encores! I'm waiting to find out how the after show was!....Lou Brutus is headed to Fort Wayne, Indiana this morning to interview Disturbed in the studios of WBYR. We are recording an album premiere called "Indestructible, Inside the New Disturbed Album." It will feature all 4 members, David Draiman, Dan Donegan, Mike Wengren and John Moyer of the band talking candidly about the new album, in stores June 3. Look for the show to air nationally between May 29th and June 8th....Hinder and Staind have completed their new albums, and we are chomping at the bit to find out what the details are on both. We'll find out about Staind this weekend at Rock on the Range, and I know that the rock promo dude in LA for Universal is hearing the new Hinder this week. Expect singles from both of these albums next month.....I saw on TuneLab that Breaking Benjamin are working on their next album, tentatively set for September....Meanwhile, gamers, you will be psyched to hear the news that "Guitar Hero 4" is expected to expand to more of "Rock Band" format, with the addition of vocals, bass and drums. Look for that this fall. Music on that set will include Linkin Park, The Eagles, Van Halen and Sublime....There will be no report tomorrow, as I will be at the airport by 7 AM. But expect a killer report on Tuesday morning on all things ROCK ON THE RANGE! Have a great weekend and be sure to listen to your favorite radio shows, hardDrive and hardDrive XL with Lou Brutus! |
Wednesday - 5.14.2008
Last night, I caught an amazing intimate club set from our ole pal Richard Patrick and his newly formed touring band Filter! I was so pleased that I was able to see them perform in such a small club, considering Filter is doing these big tours with STP, Kid Rock and 3 Doors Down. Nice to see a show where they got to communicate and get response from the audience! And, bonus, I got to hang with producer and co-owner of Pulse Records/Studios Josh Abraham....Speaking of STP, check out a link to see Stone Temple Pilots' recent press conference and performance at the Harry Houdini mansion. up in the Hollywood Hills. It's on the 2nd page on today's Blabbermouth (www.roadrun.com/blabbermouth.net) It ROCKS! And I thought I would die when I read the story about Scott Weiland spending a mere 10 hours in the LA County Jail. He served 10 hrs of his 192 hour sentence. Arrived at 8:55 AM, officially booked at Noon, assigned housing at 6:41 PM then released at 6:54. What???!!! Dunno how that happened, but way to go, dude!....Pulse Content caught up with Jerry Cantrell of Alice in Chains on Friday night in LA. Jerry revealed that the band has been writing songs for the past 4 months. Jerry added they're "having fun," "not in a rush to record," "trying to figure out where William (DuVall) fits in and where we need to set up," and "it's been a tough and painful experience at times, but it's been very rewarding at the same time." This marks the first time the band has recorded new material since 1995, the last album with Layne Staley. The band reformed about a year and a half ago, touring most recently with Velvet Revolver. A tentative schedule for the release of the record is end of the year. Stay tuned....There's a cool Slipknot interview with Corey Taylor on www.billboard.com. Corey basically says the record, due August 12, will "rip your face off," adding, "I don't think the world will be ready for this album." Taylor described the new record as having "so much power in it and yet there are so many great spots for melody...It's a controlled chaos that hits you right out of the gate." New images on Slipknot's official web site have hinted at a change in the masks and costumes that are a trademark of the Iowa-based nine-piece. Taylor described the new outfits as "evolved," adding that they are "very dark and will fit in everything image-wise that we're making with this album." ...Finger Eleven has released their DVD "Us vs Them vs Now" to Best Buy stores. The set spans 13 year career, with B-sides, live music, music videos and journal info....Fuel has left Epic Records after 10 years....Kid Rock appears on "Late Show with David Letterman" tonight....Happy 42nd to Alice in Chains' Mike Inez and AFI bassist Hunter Burgan, who turns 32 today! |
Tuesday - 5.13.2008
NEWS FLASH! OZZFEST, the annual hard rock/metal franchise of Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne, has been announced for August 9th in Dallas, TX at Pizza Hut Park. And this year for the first time ever, it is a destination festival, a one day only event. The line-up: OZZY, METALLICA, SERJ TANKIAN, JONATHAN DAVIS (solo), HELLYEAH, CAVALERA CONSPIRACY, SHADOWS FALL, APOCALYTICA and IN THIS MOMENT on the main stage. Second stage: SEVENDUST, DEVILDRIVER, KINGDOM OF SORROW, SOILENT GREEN, WITCHCRAFT and GOATWHORE. The third, TEXAS Stage: THE SWORD, DROWNING POOL, RIGOR MORTIS and more TBA. Tix on sale May 31. For more: www.ozzfest.com
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Tuesday - 5.13.2008
Maynard James Keenan sent an email blast to fans telling them, "As many of you may have heard, Billy (Howerdel) and I are engaged in our own little projects for the moment. His is called Ashes Divide and mine is called Puscifer...Please be advised that A Perfect Circle and Tool are still alive and well. This is simply MORE." Hmmmm.....MissionMetallica.com has launched, you should chek it out now! We are stoked because our west coast correspondent and Pulse of Radio rock reporter Don Kaye is going to be talking to Metallica on Wednesday out in LA! I CAN NOT WAIT FOR THE NEW METALLICA STUFF!!!!!!!! And we will air that interview as soon as I get my mitts on it, so STAY TUNED!....Green Day is heading out on the road as the Foxboro Hot Tubs. See Road Rage. Also, there is a documentary film about the making of Green Day's "American Idiot" album called "Heart Like a Grenade" by director John Roecker. John was also responsible for the culty animated film called "Live Freaky, Die Freaky!"...The Toadies are also back together, launching a tour in June and a new album in August! Nice!...Chester Bennington of Linkin Park has a new clothing line he is finally launching called Ve'cel. He is going on a department store promotional tour starting in Aventura, FL at the Rail at Nordstrom's on Friday night from 5-8 PM. And at the same location in Dallas at 8687 No Central Expway on Saturday. Chester was also spotted last Thursday night in LA performing with Camp Freddy. Boy, he gets around!....Lots of cool new albums in stores today: Filter's "Anthems for the Damned," 10 Years "Division," Local H's "Twelve Angry Months," Under the Flood's "The Witness," the Five Finger Death Punch reissue of "The Way of the Fist" and the Korn DVD, "Live in Montreaux 2004."....Earshot are streaming new stuff on their My Space! |
Monday - 5.12.2008
NEWS FLASH! This just in from METALLICA!
Our friend Flea asked us if we could squeeze in one more day in Los Angeles and we just couldn't say "no", so we're honored to partake in the annual "Hullabaloo" benefit concert for the Silverlake Conservatory of Music to be held at the Wiltern Theatre on Wednesday, May 14, 2008, along with our buddies Scars on Broadway. Tickets go on sale on Sunday, May 11, 2008 at 10:00 AM through www.ticketmaster.com and will be $200. A limited number of VIP tickets at $500 will be available only for purchase at the Silverlake Conservatory of Music (3920 Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90039) or by calling 323-665-3363. VIP tickets include reserved Loge seating, giftbag, two drink tickets, and entry into the Silverlake Conservatory after-party held at the Wiltern. |
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